Book Discussion on Dr. Seuss & Co. Go To War

Andre Schiffrin talked about the book he edited, Dr. Seuss & Co. Go To War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of…read more

Andre Schiffrin talked about the book he edited, Dr. Seuss & Co. Go To War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of America’s Leading Comic Artists (The New Press; October 6, 2009). The book presents a collection of political cartoons from the pages of New York’s former daily newspaper, PM, which published from 1940-1948. This sequel to Dr. Seuss Goes to War: The World War II Editorial Cartoons of Theodor Seuss Geisel (New Press; October 1999) presents additional cartoons by Mr. Geisel as well as work by other artists, including Al Hirschfeld and Saul Steinberg. Andre Schiffrin discussed his book with Paul Milkman author of PM: A New Deal in Journalism in a Book Talk at New York University Tamiment Library on Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at 6:00 p.m. close

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*The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.